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Happy anniversary, Shaenon T. Garrity! It was July 31, 2000 that she launched Narbonic, one of the first prominent webcomics by a woman. Since then she's launched several other webcomics, including Skin Horse, won the Lulu of the Year award, worked as an editor and creator in both traditional comics and manga, and become one of the liveliest, most insightful comics commentators on the web. She's a treasure, that's what.

Via the Village Voice

Boilerplate, the not-so-historical mechanical man dreamed up by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, has been optioned by J.J. Abrams, whose Bad Robot production company...

In an interview with Geoff Boucher, Frank Miller reveals the evolution of his Holy Terror, Batman! story. As many anticipated, it will no longer star Batman, and will find a new publisher, which isn't DC. The story has been adjusted to star, instead, a character called, The Fixer:

Brazilian cartoon maestro Fábio Moon is visiting Portland, OR, and he and Craig Thompson are having a blog war. Art ensues!

Valerie D'Orazio, the president of Friends of Lulu for the last three years, has announced on her blog that due to financial problems,...

The North County Times reports that 15,000 tickets for Preview Night 2011 sold out by 3 pm on the Sunday of this year's con. Is this a convention or a U2 concert??? The sellout left some people sad and frustrated, just like they will be next year:

Bill Harris of San Diego, who's been going to Comic-Con since the 1970s, was walking the huge expo hall on Friday when he noticed the queue.